I wish that there were places around here that sold things (like nooch) in bulk bins. I just have to buy little tubs of it which are about £3 a time and it gets so expensive. I also wish Whole Foods would open up in the north because I love that place.

I went to a Whole Foods once in London somewhere, and it was okay, but I don't see why people salivate at the thought of it. It's a fairly good health food shop, but there are others than are better. Meh

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I wish that there were places around here that sold things (like nooch) in bulk bins. I just have to buy little tubs of it which are about £3 a time and it gets so expensive. I also wish Whole Foods would open up in the north because I love that place.

I went to a Whole Foods once in London somewhere, and it was okay, but I don't see why people salivate at the thought of it. It's a fairly good health food shop, but there are others than are better. Meh

I'll be honest - all that square footage doesn't really matter much if most of what they have isn't vegan. They do have a lot of vegan stuff (compared to other big boxes), but not much more compared to my little health food shop. Now if they had the stuff you could get from a WF in America, then I'd be salivating.

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I'll be honest - all that square footage doesn't really matter much if most of what they have isn't vegan. They do have a lot of vegan stuff (compared to other big boxes), but not much more compared to my little health food shop. Now if they had the stuff you could get from a WF in America, then I'd be salivating.

we should band together and do it.

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This isn't really about hard to get items, well I suppose it is. Has anyone in the UK ever had any success with tofu omelettes? I did once with the VB ones in testing, after 2 other failures. But now whatever I do they break up. They don't stick and they look great but when I turn them or get them out of the pan they rip and collapse. Still taste great. I've tried all the brands of tofu I can think of. Any experts there? If so, which brand of tofu do you use?

This isn't really about hard to get items, well I suppose it is. Has anyone in the UK ever had any success with tofu omelettes? I did once with the VB ones in testing, after 2 other failures. But now whatever I do they break up. They don't stick and they look great but when I turn them or get them out of the pan they rip and collapse. Still taste great. I've tried all the brands of tofu I can think of. Any experts there? If so, which brand of tofu do you use?

I've recently tried the vegan omelette and it worked out well for me. I used this recipe http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/09/ve ... r-one.html rather than the vegan brunch one. The 2nd omelette I made with the VB recipe was drier and broke up..I used the same tofu- the asceptic packaged mori nu silken stuff so it might just be the chickpea flour/lack of binder?

I only had a problem with the very first omelet I made, and that's because I tried to cook it in a cast iron pan that wasn't properly seasoned and it stuck so badly it became scrambled "eggs". I always cook them in a regular old teflon-coated non-stick pan and use oil. I think I use a water-packed soft tofu from one of the Asian markets around here (at least, I'm pretty sure that's what I did last time I made them). But they always turn out fine.

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This isn't really about hard to get items, well I suppose it is. Has anyone in the UK ever had any success with tofu omelettes? I did once with the VB ones in testing, after 2 other failures. But now whatever I do they break up. They don't stick and they look great but when I turn them or get them out of the pan they rip and collapse. Still taste great. I've tried all the brands of tofu I can think of. Any experts there? If so, which brand of tofu do you use?

This isn't really about hard to get items, well I suppose it is. Has anyone in the UK ever had any success with tofu omelettes? I did once with the VB ones in testing, after 2 other failures. But now whatever I do they break up. They don't stick and they look great but when I turn them or get them out of the pan they rip and collapse. Still taste great. I've tried all the brands of tofu I can think of. Any experts there? If so, which brand of tofu do you use?

whenever i've made the VB ones, they've worked fine using mori nu silken.

It's pretty hard to get really decent fresh fruit/ veg though in Manchester, especially the city centre because there are so few independent grocers, the tomatoes in Tesco are horrid, so hard and just don't break down when you want to make a fresh sauce.

It's pretty hard to get really decent fresh fruit/ veg though in Manchester, especially the city centre because there are so few independent grocers, the tomatoes in Tesco are horrid, so hard and just don't break down when you want to make a fresh sauce.

city centre aside, i disagree. well, i wouldnt know about tesco as i've not been in any of them at all in the last 5 years but in south manchester there are plenty of independent greengrocers (if you include all the asian ones in rusholme/longsight) and it's quite easy/cheap to get good quality fruit and veg. even premium places like 8th day are a load cheaper than WF would be.